FOR5006 Traffic medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
FOR5006 Traffic medicine is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Southbank. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Southbank
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before FOR5006
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After FOR5006
No unit lists FOR5006 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
The aim of this unit is to present the medical issues applicable to road safety. The topics covered include the law and policing practices, driving skills and the impact of alcohol, other drugs and medical conditions on these skills, the effects of ageing on fitness to drive, interpretation of traffic injuries, the principles of traffic engineering and road trauma epidemiology.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Southbank | Flx blk |
Assessment
- Introductory activityExerciseCompetency hurdle-
- Case Study 1 (1600 words)WrittenCompetency hurdle20%
- Case Study 2 (1600 words)WrittenCompetency hurdle20%
- Oral Presentation (15 minutes)PresentationCompetency hurdle20%
- Case Report (3200 words)WrittenCompetency hurdle40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe the history of road trauma and analyse the efficacy of counter measures introduced to combat the road toll;
- 2
Evaluate the relationship between road safety legislation and policing practices to traffic medicine and road safety;
- 3
Predict and evaluate the effects of a range of medical conditions upon driving skills with particular reference to licensing;
- 4
Outline the known effects of various blood levels of alcohol and other drugs upon driving skills, and how their likely effects apply to traffic medicine;
- 5
Identify road safety implications for ageing road users;
- 6
Interpret common injury patterns resulting from road trauma.
Workload and teaching
It is expected that you will need to undertake approximately 12 hours of study per week over the semester. This will include contact time, private study, assessment tasks (case studies, assignments) and, where possible, involvement in casework. You are required to attend all workshops offered at the Department of Forensic Medicine during the semester.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Richard Bassed
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Liyasha Goonetilleke
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for FOR5006?
FOR5006 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is FOR5006 offered?
In 2025, FOR5006 runs in Semester 2 at Southbank.
Does FOR5006 have an exam?
No. FOR5006 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.